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Patented'Feb. 1, 1887.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS A. SOOFIELD, OF MORENOI, MICHIGAN.

PlLLOW-SH AM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,043, dated February1, 1887.

Application filed March 30, 1886 Serial No. 197,108. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SILAS A. SCOFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Morenei, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-ShamHolders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of pillowsham holdersin which thesham is folded in elevating it-from over the pillow. Heretofore it hasbeen common to construct the frame supporting the shams of wire or openwork. They are objectionable, as the shams are liable to becomedisplaced in dropping through such frames.

The object of my invention is to overcome this difliculty. I attach tosuitable rook-shafts two solid concavo-convex sham supports or wings,which are adapted to slide one over the other, so as to lengthen orshorten the support to correspond with the varying widths of bedsteadsto.which it may be attached. The wings supporting the shams are madesolid and curved outward, tov give a swell or rounded appearance to apillow-sham when spread over them; and my invention consists in thegeneral arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention as attached to the head of a bedstead.Fig.2 is an end elevation. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are enlarged details, allof which'will be hereinafter fully set forth.

O 0 represent the supporting-plates. Said plates are raised at thecenter and provided with a flat surface, as shown at r of Fig. 3. s is aspring, formed from the same plate by bending over at 12, (see Figs. 2and 3,) and isdepressed at 0, thus forming a pocket for the reception ofthe square end e of the bar D.

The plates and springs are secured to the bedsteads by means of screws aa, and the presstire of the springs s s on the ends 6 of the rockshaftsD is regulated by the screws c a. The rock-shafts D D are formed ofsheet-metal, their free ends are folded over, forming a square bearing,as shown at e.

P P represent the sliding wings, which are concavo-convex incross-section, and are made to slide one over the other to lengthen orshorten them, for the purpose hereinbefore stated. These wings may bemade of paper pressed into the desired form, or I design using two thinsheets of wood or veneer, being first bent into shape and firmly glued.Over the upper edge of each wing I fold the metal bars D, being pressedfirmly to secure the wings to the metal bars. The wings are made to lapone over the other at the center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and tosecure them together I form along the outer face of each bar D a bead orswell, a, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5. The metal at the inner end ofeach bar is cut transversely, as shown at m of Fig. 4. The cut portionof each bar is folded over the opposite bar atl, the folding edge beingcrimped over the head a ofthe opposite bar, as shown at Z of Fig. 4,thuslocking the wings and bars together, but allowing them to slide oneon the other when extending the wings, as shown in Fig. 5, or closingthem up to the dotted posit-ion shown in said view.

The operations are as follows: The plates '0 C being attached to thebedstead, as shown in Fig. 1, the wings P P are extended sufficiently tobring the free ends 6 of the bars D opposite the plates 0 C, when thesquare ends of said'bars are pressed down back of the springs 's 8 intothe pockets 0 c, and by the pressure of the springs the wings P P arefirmly held when turned out to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig.2, or to the dotted positions shown in said figure. When the wings areplaced in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2, they form a supportover which a mosquito-net may be placed at night to exclude the insectsfrom the person, and when the wings are elevated the mosquito-net or theshams are elevated from the bed.

The wings, being formed of solid material, present asmooth even surface,and their outer faces may be painted or covered with some bright colorwhich will show through lace shams, giving them a rich and handsomeappearance.

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Having thus fully set forth my present inrectangular in form, thesupporting-plates vention, what I claim as new, and desireto having thesprings 3 formed integral, and secure by Letters Patent, isscrews orbrads for attaching said plates to the 1. In a pillow-sham holder, thecombination bedstead, substantially as specified.

5 of the solid concavo-convex wings mounted In testimony whereof Iaflixmy signature in 15 independently on extensible shafts and mechpresenceof two witnesses.

anism, substantially as set forth,.for attaching SILAS A. SCOFIELD. saidshafts to the bedstead. \Vitnesses:

2. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination It. B. XVHEELER,

10 of the extensible shafts, their free ends being B. F. XVHEELER.

